Upcoming BRET Office Of Career Development Events

  PhD Career Connections presents:  Scientific Communications and Marketing Thursday January 18th 2:30-3:30p Light Hall 214 featuring Melissa Vaught, PhD, Scientific Editor at Medical Science & Computing, LLC, (MSC) contracted to the National Institutes of Health.  ​Registration is requested… Read More

  PhD Career Connections presents:  Pre-clinical and Clinical Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry Thursday December 7th 10:45-11:45am Light Hall 512 featuring Ines Macias-Perez, PhD, Senior Scientist of Product Development at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals ​Registration is requested   Ines Macias-Perez,… Read More

  PhD Career Connections presents:  Project Management and Research Administration Thursday November 30th 10-11am Light Hall 202 featuring Julie Field, PhD, and Jana Shirey-Rice, PhD, from Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research ​Registration is requested… Read More

Business principles affect all organizations. In today’s highly competitive and highly complicated working environments, understanding these principles gives leaders and managers a strategic advantage, enabling them to handle situations more effectively and make decisions more effectively. In spring semester 2018, the BRET Office of Career Development is offering a module… Read More

Seminar on Engaging the Public with Social Media, presented by AAAS Monday, November 6 4:30pm Student Life Center Meeting Rooms 1 and 2 Register here. This 1- hour seminar will provide guidance to scientists who wish to engage publics via social media. It is designed to… Read More

US Science Policy: Advocating for Science in an Era of Polarized Politics and Constrained Budgets Featuring Toby Smith, Vice President for Policy at the Association of American Universities Monday, November 6 10:45am Wilson 103 Register here. Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Graduate School, BRET Office of Career… Read More

PhD Career Connections presents:  Laboratory Medicine Thursday October 19th 10-11am Light Hall 202 featuring Jonathan Schmitz, MD, PhD, Jennifer Colby, Phd, and Ferrin Wheeler, PhD Registration is requested Explore exciting careers in clinical laboratory medicine which bridge bench research and… Read More

STEM Policy & Advocacy: Making Your Voice Heard Monday, November 6, 2017 10:45-5:30 PM  Vanderbilt University Keynote address by Tobin (Toby Smith), Vice President for Policy at the Association of American Universities "Engaging Policymakers" workshop facilitated by the American Advancement for the Association of Science (AAAS)… Read More

Data Science is a rapidly growing technical career field in almost all major industries. Come hear from two Vanderbilt Ph.D.’s about transitioning from academia to data science, as well as John Wark, Founder and President of the Nashville Software School. Monday, September 25 10:30-11:30am… Read More

We welcome Kevin Lee, PhD,  Executive Director for the Lawrence Ellison Foundation, Chief Scientific Officer of Grace Science Foundation, Senior Scientific Advisor for Medical Research for the JPB Foundation, and Senior Scientific and Programmatic Advisor of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, for our September PhD Career Connections. PhD Career Connections:… Read More